Star Wars: A New Hope

“St-Star Wars?” I hear you say with befuddlement, “What a silly notion, stars are spherical cosmic bodies composed mainly of gasses, how could they be capable of launching large-scale combat operations against each other?” Ah, my unrealistically out of touch hypothetical reader, allow the Magalhães brothers to enlighten you in today’s exciting new episode of Magellans at the Movies! Truly no other movie can claim to be as ubiquitous as George Lucas’s career defining 1977 space opera. Every set, weapon, ship, character, sound effect and piece of music is iconic, and today, in what is the reviewer’s equivalent of an architect evaluating the structure of the Great Pyramids, we’ll be adding our two cents to the oceans of pennies that have already been spent on this cultural behemoth. Nathan is our resident Star Wars superfan, so in addition to the allegedly endearing banter and supposedly relevant recommendations expect an extended disquisition on the behind the scenes trivia and extended universe material that has accumulated around the Star Wars universe while Elliot . . . will also be present. Let’s get started!